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"Powering European Public Sector Innovation: Towards a New Architecture", Report of the Expert Group on Public Sector Innovation, published by DG Research and Innovation, European Commission.

Report of the Expert Group on Public Sector Innovation "Powering European Public Sector Innovation: Towards a New Architecture", published by DG Research and Innovation, Unit C.1 - Innovation policy, European Commission. Read the Report.

What is the European Public Sector Award (EPSA)?

The EPSA brings together the
best, most innovative and
efficient performers from the
European public sector.
Outstanding administrative
performances are, after all,
produced under different
conditions within Europe.
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Publications

This book aims to demonstrate that various creative and smart routes to excellent solutions are possible, by analysing success stories in different areas of local public management from seven European cities in the EPSA scheme – Bilbao (ES), Birmingham (UK), Mannheim (DE), Milan (IT), Tallinn (EE), Tampere (FI), and Trondheim (NO). It concludes by presenting seven steps leading to excellence. The only thing left to find out is: are other cities ready to take on the challenge?

What kind of ideas are behind the remodelling of the state and public sector, and how have these ideas materialized in practice? In this book the authors illustrate what are the driving forces behind the huge amount of public management reforms over the last three decades. Trends and ideas of public management reforms in practice are validated by data from European Public Sector Award cases (2009 and 2011).

The EPSA brings together the best, most innovative and efficient performers from the European public sector. Outstanding administrative
performances are, after all, produced under different conditions within Europe.